Garment-fastener.



PatentedDecember 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MAX EISNER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

:"JPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,478, dated December 8, 1903.

. Application filed February 9, 1903- Serial No. 14.2. 175. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX F. EISNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. r

This invention relates to improvements in garment-fasteners, particularly fasteners for the fronts of corsets, and the object is to provide a fastener by means of which the fronts of a garment may be quickly drawn together and secured with very little exertion on the part of the wearer.

I will describe a garment-fastener embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective View of agarment fastener embodying my invention and showing the parts as closed and locked. Fig. 2 is a front view showing the busk members as separated. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 shows an end portion of the busk, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a tool that may be employed for drawing the parts to closed position.

Referring to the drawings, 5 6 designate the two busks designed to be secured to the meeting or front edges of a corset or other garment. For the purpose of securing the busks to a garment the busks maybe provided with perforations through which rivets or threads may pass into the garment. These busks are sufficiently resilent to conform to the body of the wearer. Each busk has its opposite edges turned over the body portion, as indicated at 7 8, there being a space between the two opposite edges which forms a guideway for the pivot-lugs of the fastening-1inks, as will be hereinafter described. One edge wall of each busk is provided with hook members 9, the points of which are extended in the direction of movement of the fastening-links to closed position.

The locking device proper consists of a series of links 10 11,thetwo links of apair beingpivotof the lugs 12 may pass when attaching the links to the busk. The busk is also provided with an opening l4 to receive a fastening-lug or button 15, which is slitted, so that it may yield inward and outwardthat is, the lug 15 may be forced through the opening 14 by the head contracting and when through the head will expand, so that the Same will engage against the side portions of the bu sk,as clearly indicated in Fig. 5.

It will be noted that the shank portion of the button 15 is somewhat greater in diameter than the width of the slot or guideway between the opposite edges of the stay. Therefore the lower ends of the lower links are practically anchored and will be prevented from movement longitudinally of the stays, but will be permitted to swing as the other links are drawn along the stays or busks. The two links 16 and 17 at the opposite end are free one from the other-that is, they are not pivot-ally connected at'the center, as are the links first described. This is to permit the movement of the said links 16 and 17, so that the shanks 18 of the'fastening-lugs may :be moved out and into engagement with the hooked members 9 of the busks, whereby the said busks may be adjusted and held in any desired position. The shanks are each provided with a head 19, which will prevent their movement outward from the stays. It will be noted that the head 19 is eccentric to the shank 18, or, in other words, it is cut away at the side of the hook members 9. By this arrangement it is obvious that the shanks 18 may pass freely into engagement with the hooks.

It is to be understood that the busks may be secured to the meeting edges of a garment -in any suitable manner.

In the operation after passing the several buttons or lugs 12 through the openings 13 and the buttons or lugs 15 through the openings or socket members 14 the links are to be drawn lengthwise of the stays, and when the garment is sufficiently tight the shanks 18 are to be engaged with the hooks. Any suitable means may be employed for drawing the links. I have here shown an instrument consisting of a handle 20, having swinging hook members 21, designed to be engaged in perforations 22 at the ends of the links 16 and 17.

It is to be understood that the fasteninghooks may be arranged at either end of the busks without departing from the spirit of my inventionthat is, the busks may be fastened to the garment with the hook members pointing upward or they may be secured to the garment with said hook members pointing downward.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A garment-fastener, comprising busks having their edges turned over and inward, one edge of eack busk having hook members, a series of pairs of pivotally-connected links, the pivotal connections between adjacent ends of the pairs of links being headed and designed to pass in the space between the turned-over edges, means for removably engaging the ends of a pair of links at one end with the busks, and lugs or buttons on the ends of the links at the opposite end for engaging the said hook members, substantially as specified.

2. A garment-fastener, com prising a pair of busks, each busk having its opposite edges turned over and inward, one edge being provided with hook members, a series of pairs of links pivotally connected together, the pivots having headed portions, the shanks of said pivots being adapted to pass freely through the space between the turned-over edges, each busk having an enlarged opening near one end through which the heads of the pivots may pass, each busk also having an enlarged opening near the first-named enlarged opening, compressible lugs on the ends of the first links of the series for engaging in said lastnamed enlarged openings, and headed lugs on the ends of the links at the opposite end of the series, the shanks of which are designed to engage with the hook members of the stays, and the heads being eccentric to the shanks, the said last-named end links being free, the one from the other, substantially as specified.

A garment-fastener, comprising a pair of busks, hook members on the busks, a series of pivotal ly-connected links operating to move in one direction to draw the busks together and lugs on the end links for engaging the said hooks, substantially as specified.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX F. EISNER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT PIQUET, ISAAC ANDORU. 

